"Hey, she actually started it?"
"It looks pretty good. Do you think it can pass?"
"A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. And she came from the City of the Dead. When I was on the lonely island in the human world, I never heard of any talented women. It's probably a waste, right?"
"Yes, there are too few people like Mr. Cui..."
…
Below the stage, people couldn't help but talk about it as they saw the legendary female cultivator on the stage actually concentrating on answering the questions.
Especially when talking about Cui Jue, many people showed admiration on their faces.
Zhao Yang stood there, listening to these words, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
He has been in the City of the Dead for quite some time, and is an insider on the matter of the Ding Zheng. Not to mention the things that happened in the open, even the plans of the Eight Directions Hell Palace behind the scenes cannot escape his eyes.
It's nothing more than wanting everyone to open their wallets!
Therefore, Zhao Yang also knows Cui Jue very well.
On the contrary, the skinny cultivator from the Sun Wandering Clan standing next to him was very puzzled: "Master Cui? Is it Cui Jue? I haven't practiced for a long time, is there anything special about him?"
People around immediately looked at him with contempt.
Zhao Yang was also his friend. Facing the gazes from all around, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He pulled the thin man and lowered his voice, "Keep your voice down! You don't even know about Cui Jue?"
As soon as the thin man said this, he knew that he was being watched by a group of people around him.
He was obsessed with cultivation and was not very interested in people he could not contact, so he really didn't know much about Cui Jue's affairs.
How do you feel...
I don’t know Cui Jue, it seems like he has made some big mistake
To hide his embarrassment, he coughed and said, "Well, I only know that Cui Jue was the Ding Yuan of the Ding Contest back then, and became the most powerful person in the Ding Contest that year. Almost the entire Jiyu went to watch him win the Ding Yuan battle. But isn't this the third round? What does it have to do with the second round?"
"… "
There actually are people in the City of the Dead who don’t know about the shock that Cui Jue created back then!
Zhao Yang was about to faint. He slapped himself hard on the forehead and then looked at his companion as if he were a monster, "You..."
"Don't be like this, eh, I'm obsessed with cultivation. Tell me? Tell me."
The second round of the competition has just begun, so it’s obvious that it won’t end so soon.
There's really no interest in watching such a large group of people sitting there motionless. It's better to listen to some gossip.
So, the thin man winked at Zhao Yang, signaling him to speak quickly.
Zhao Yang rolled his eyes again, glanced at the stage, and then he resisted the urge to strangle the beast in front of him.
"Speaking of Cui Jue, that's a long story..."
Just as Skinny had learned before, almost the entire Jiyu went to watch Cui Jue's final battle to win Ding Yuan.
At that time, Cui Jue was indeed a person who died unjustly under an honest official, and he cultivated very quickly.
But, there were a lot of geniuses in Fengdu City at that time, so what was Cui Jue
How could he attract so many people to pay attention to his decisive battle in the competition
The reason for all this lies in the second round of the competition.
No matter how the rules of the third round of the competition change, the second round will always be a written test and the rules remain the same.
Give an answer within half an hour.
Once the solution is completed, the person who passes the level will be immediately sensed by the Dingzheng Golden Order, which will emit a magnificent nebula, and then condense into the appearance of the person who passes the level, just like the statue of the Eight Directions Yama Palace standing in the seventy-two cities.
However, this "withered image" is an illusion, arranged above the nebula scroll of the seventy-two cities.
Generally speaking, no matter how difficult the test questions are, all monks have very tight time to answer them.
Most of the questions could not be answered, some could be answered barely, and only a few could finish and pass within the specified time.
Almost all the monks who participated in the second round submitted their "answer sheets" at the last minute.
But more than 200 years ago, when Cui Jue participated...
This "routine" has been completely broken!
It only took him two quarters of an hour to finish answering all the questions and pass the second round!
Unprecedented!
Countless people present at the time were all dumbfounded.
Everyone watched as the Golden Order of the Tripod emitted a blazing light, projecting Cui Jue's posture at that moment onto the nebula scroll at the top.
From then on, he became the most legendary judge in the polar region!
"After such a shocking second round, everyone will naturally pay attention to Cui Jue. Hehe, the competition for the cauldron that year made the Eight Directions Hell Palace and the ten major ghost clans earn a lot of money!"
Zhao Yang felt very proud as he told all the legendary stories about Cui Jue.
In a blink of an eye, he thought about the past two hundred years and shook his head: "It's a pity that in the past two hundred years, although everyone has been looking forward to it, no one has been able to break the record set by Master Cui..."
After all, genius is rare.
Cui Jue was an upright civil servant during his lifetime, a successful candidate in the imperial examinations and a man of great learning. After arriving in the City of the Dead, he also possessed an excellent talent for cultivation.
The combination of the two gave rise to the later "President Cui".
Such a coincidence requires the right time, right place and right people.
But where in the world can such a perfect coincidence happen
Naturally, there will be no more "latecomers".
"Even the second person who cleared the Ding Zheng level in history took a full three quarters of an hour, which is a long way behind Cui Jue!"
Someone nearby was listening with great interest and responded to Zhao Yang's words.
The skinny guy who was a day tripper was also stunned.
He had only vaguely heard people talk about how powerful Cui Jueding was before, but he had never heard anyone talk about it in such detail. For a moment, he couldn't help but start counting on his fingers.
"These... two quarters... this is only half of the total time for the second round! How... how the hell is this possible?!!"
What's impossible
Zhao Yang remained noncommittal.
In fact, he once doubted that Cui Jue was able to answer the questions so quickly that year entirely because Bafang Yandian gave him the test questions in advance, with the purpose of attracting everyone's attention to the Ding competition.
But after that year, there was no similar gimmick in the second round.
So, Zhao Yang gradually gave up this idea.
But now...
Zhao Yang raised his eyes and looked at the female cultivator on the stage who was still concentrating with her eyes downcast. He said in an extremely strange tone: "Anything is possible. Now I think that two moments is nothing great. To cultivate such a 'big' soul bead is probably the most amazing thing."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him burst into laughter.
"Oh my God, you are really not here to make people laugh?"
"Hahaha, there are actually people who say that soul beads that small are the most powerful, hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Hahaha..."
"I can't do it anymore... Just based on this female cultivator, she dares to be compared with Lord Cui? You, you have to pay for my big tooth... Hahahaha..."
"Isn't it just a gimmick? Do you really expect her to make it through the second round?"
"Hahaha… "
…
A burst of laughter.
Zhao Yang stood in the center of the crowd and became the laughing stock of everyone.
Everyone had heard him talk seriously about Cui Jue before, and they thought that this person would be reliable. Unexpectedly, he actually said in the end, "The female cultivator at the top is the most powerful." It was really unexpected!
Everyone laughed so hard.
Even the friend who came to watch the fun of the day tour group today was now full of embarrassment and fear, and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his head: "This... Brother Zhao, this..."
"… "
Zhao Yang was speechless for a moment.
He stood at the edge of the square, feeling inexplicably looked down upon: These people didn't even believe in his judgment
For a moment, Zhao Yang couldn't help but grit his teeth and sneered: "What's so funny? Do you think this female cultivator is that simple?! I tell you, nothing is impossible. Even if she surpassed Master Cui, I'm not surprised at all!"
scare!
What a big tone!
He is really boastful!
No one expected that Zhao Yang could actually say such words.
After a moment of surprise, there was a burst of laughter!
Some people even laughed until tears came out, and they kept holding their stomachs, and their words were incoherent: "Hahahaha... This, this is the funniest thing I have heard this year, haha..."
"Brother Zhao, are you really okay today?"
"Hahaha, she even surpassed Cui Jue! Just relying on her? Not to mention surpassing Cui Jue, if she can pass, I dare to call Li Han a grandson in front of him! Hahaha..."
Just because Jianchou can get through it, he dares to call a ruthless man like Li Han a "grandson" to his face!
This clearly shows that he looks down on Jianchou and doesn't believe that she can survive!
"you!"
Zhao Yang's expression changed, his teeth clenched, his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at the person who spoke with full of anger.
The man was a one-eyed burly guy with several scars on his face. One could tell at a glance that he was not a good person when he was alive.
He laughed the loudest and spoke the most sarcastic words.
Zhao Yang clenched his fists and was about to hit the man with his fist, but luckily the thin guy from the day trip tribe next to him pulled him back quickly.
"Brother Zhao! Calm down, calm down!"
"Calm down!"
Zhao Yang cursed directly.
He was a rough guy in normal times and never afraid of trouble. He immediately pushed his friends aside and went to fight with the bastard who spoke so arrogantly.
"Lao Zhao! Stop it! Lao Zhao!" The thin man from the day trip tribe came up and pulled him again.
Zhao Yang rolled up his sleeves impatiently, his brows already solemn.
"Don't pull me! You—"
"no!"
The thin man from the day trip tribe was behind him. At this moment, he looked forward with his eyes almost popping out of his head, and he actually cursed for the first time in his life.
"Fuck it, look at it now!!!"
Zhao Yang was stunned. Look? What are you looking at
He subconsciously glanced at the one-eyed man not far away. The other person seemed to be looking in a certain direction behind him and froze.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
The murmuring sounds in the entire square disappeared completely at this moment!
What, what’s going on
Zhao Yang's brain was a little slow to react.
He opened his mouth and wanted to ask a question, but at this moment, a faint golden light suddenly overflowed from the corner of his eye and pierced into his field of vision in an instant like a needle!
At the same time, Zhao Yang saw the expression on the one-eyed man opposite him.
Damn it!
what happened…
Zhao Yang turned his body almost stiffly and looked towards the source of the light.
It was a huge golden column standing in the center of the square, with various words and runes floating on it, engraving the various rules of this tripod competition...
At this moment, a beam of golden light rose from the bottom like a spring and quickly reached the top of the cylinder.
Then, in an instant, the golden pillar trembled!
“Buzz!”
Endless and dazzling golden light, like shooting stars and broken moons, burst out towards the sky above the City of the Dead!
"What the hell..."
Ding fights for the golden order!
It turned out to be Ding Zheng Jin Lingliang!!!
No…
That's not right!
Isn't this the golden order that will light up at the end of the second round
But how long has the second round just started
They only chatted for three or five sentences!
—At most a moment has passed!!!
An indescribable chill suddenly rushed up from under everyone's feet, causing them to shiver violently and get goose bumps all over their bodies!
At this moment, let alone Zhao Yang and One-Eye who were about to fight, everyone in the entire square was stunned as if they were struck by a giant hand that fell from the sky!
Looking around, the ground was littered with "stone statues" that were stiff due to excessive shock.
On the high platform in the center of the square, Jianchou, who had lowered his eyes for a long time, trembled his long and thick eyelashes slightly, and finally opened his eyelids and raised his eyes again.
The connection between the tripod ring on her index finger and her had been automatically severed by her.
Therefore, Ding Zheng Jin Ling could clearly feel all the auras that belonged to her...
everything.
From the delicate eyebrows to the subtle expression.
She raised her head slightly and looked at the golden column.
The gushing golden light was like an exploding stream of stars. They piled up on the entire nebula painting like cheers.
Suddenly there was a rumbling sound of wind and rumbling thunder!
Endless streams of stars converged towards the center, and continued to condense, gradually outlining a vague outline.
Then, the golden light grew brighter, and its outline became clearer...
—Who could it be
Everyone raised their heads as high as they could, eyes widened, and stared as intently as they could. Their minds were as tense as a bowstring that would break at any moment!
There is absolutely no way to miss it, even for a moment!
Little by little, little by little...
It is like wielding a large brush, piling up and melting the starry sky.
The first thing that appeared was the upper body of the person, which looked a little thin; then, the long black hair appeared, giving people a sense of elegance...
At this moment, Zhao Yang's eyes, which had already been widened to the limit, actually widened even more!
I even gasped when I saw the outline clearly!
On the scroll, the outline of the virtual image finally became clear—
The eyebrows are thin like willow leaves, very straight and beautiful; the eyes are like red phoenixes, gentle and cold; the nose is as smooth as goose fat; the lips are light and pink, and the smile is shallow...
These facial features!
This expression!
This look!
They all felt that he looked familiar!
The biggest gimmick of this year's competition, the smallest soul bead in the history of the Extreme Domain, and the female cultivator from the City of the Wrongly Dead that they were talking about before—
See sorrow!
"… "
Just before this moment, they were still talking about Cui Jue who no one could surpass...
At this moment, no one could react.
Everyone looked at the virtual image cast on the nebula scroll and felt their legs trembling and weak, as if they saw the withered image of the Eight Hell Kings, and had a feeling of floating in a dream.
The entire square was filled with a solemn silence...